diff --git a/src/UnitTests/Matrices/SparseMatrixTest.h b/src/UnitTests/Matrices/SparseMatrixTest.h
index 47385249bb270c35e69666c1da0fddbf0f6a7c37..e78b4f646dd013fa45c35bf7b8c4d9f51c5684d5 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/Matrices/SparseMatrixTest.h
+++ b/src/UnitTests/Matrices/SparseMatrixTest.h
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ void test_AddElement()
     m.addElement( 0, 4, 1, 0.0 );
     
     EXPECT_EQ( m.getElement( 0, 0 ), 1 );
+    EXPECT_EQ( m.getElement( 0, 4 ), 1 );
     EXPECT_EQ( m.getElement( 1, 0 ), 2 );
     EXPECT_EQ( m.getElement( 2, 0 ), 3 );
     EXPECT_EQ( m.getElement( 3, 0 ), 4 );